Friday, August 22, 2008

O to the M to the G

At work, I have a few nicknames. Most have been given to me by my gay, pushing 45-year-old, Cuban bff. To be quite honest, none of them make any sense. My bff is one of those laugh at his own jokes kinda guy. But I love him anyway. But I digress. My other office-wide nickname is the Queen of Target. And no, I'm so not joking. On a daily basis it is guaranteed that something I'm wearing from the retail chain. 

So good golly Miss Molly am I excited for the news I am about to type out here. Target is opening a chain of "bullseye bodegas" in New York City! How awesomely stellar is that?!? Apparently Target's numbers are down this year (sidenote: recessions are one of my irrational fears), so they are really pushing their diffusion lines. Translation: diffusion lines are those special lines done by hot designers like Botkier, Alice Temperley, and Jovovich-Hawk. Which means Target is going to be coming out with a lot of new lines for me to drool over. 

An apparel line by Jonathan Saunders, a new handbag line by Anya Hindmarch, and a shoe collection by Sigerson Morrison. What I'm really looking forward to? The new Richard Chai line. I love the bold colors for fall (dark purples and blues! woohoo!) and of course I love how Working Girl friendly the whole line is. 

Fellow NYC Working Girls, the bodegas will open in September in midtown, Union Square, Soho and the East Village.


19 comments:

Fermi said...

How Awesome! I love target. I don't have alot of time to do laps around a mall searching for skirts, shoes, and bras from separate stores. Just walk across the aisle and there are the shoes!

I used to be a Victoria's Secret girl, but once my puppy started eating my bras, I tried Target's Gilligan O'Malley variety and I love them. And they are 40 dollars less expensive!!

Holly said...

thanks for the good news! i am so excited.

and fermi, amen to the bra thing. i've found them not to last quite as long but they cost 12 dollars. so who really cares?

Ivonne said...

Target is my favorite place in the world. I started loving it even more when they came out with the whole "designer lines for less" ideas.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for your endless help.

RichardChai.

Anonymous said...

You would hate to know this but I deprived of Target because of geography. Whenever I get close to one though, I tend to over due it because of my gross and obsessive love for the place. This is great news, but yet it makes me sad that I can't take the jaunt down there to check it all out...sniff enjoy and maybe with in a few months this Canadian will cross a boarder to experience the joy once again.

Maki said...

Aww I LOVE that fact that Target now features cool designers monthly as their new line. I bought some pieces from Rogan (Unbeliveable) and Richard Chai and they're all $14 - $40. I couldn't believe my eyes. They desinged for Target, but still adorable pieces. I was screaming!!! Botkier's bags were cute, too... Nothing great to buy good stuff for less$$

Lauren said...

I'm so excited for this! I know where I will be going after work. I'm mildly obsessed with Target!

Holly said...

I am way excited about this. I've been following Target's Go! International line for my job (http://whosinfashion.com, and I am looking forward to the line. My bank account is going to hate me this season.

Lauren said...

I LOVE the Target designer lines! I'm really excited for the next one as well.

Karyn Beach said...

I'm definitely a Target girl. I thought I was the only one wearing copious amounts of Target clothes to work! I'm so glad I'm not alone!

Anonymous said...

Ahhhh that makes me really excited about Target. I am there a lot since it's only about 2 miles from my house... I also realized that while loading my car a little while ago (back to college tomorrow), every bag was from Target. :-)

I think it's time to open a Target card... haha!

Anonymous said...

I love one stop shopping. i'll have to check out those new lines. Good note on the bras.

said...

Go Target! I love that they bring the designers to us at a price we can actually feesibly afford!
Love you blog btw...I always look forward to the juicy gos, or quick tips you Working Girls provide!

Just A Spoonful of Sarcasm said...

I'm wearing a Target top today!
No shame in it either!

Samantha said...

haha it is so creepy to read your blog we are so much a like! I used to only shop at high end places and drop way too much on my cloths but I have discovered a new obsession, TARGET! I am absolutely fascinated that I can get like 8 super cute outfits for the price of 1 at the places I used to shop, and the clothes are better!

Jessi said...

I'm not a NYC WG, but this Colorado School-n-WG dons her Boutique Target duds with pride! Target rocks my socks :)

Be proud of your Target love!

The Lovely and Talented said...

I LOVE TARGET!!! I work in Midtown NYC, this is perfect. Thanks for writing about it!

Belowen said...

My nickname at work is "greebies" - which is some kind of mutation of the word cooties. I think I would prefer Queen of Target!

DomestiGals said...

I have been obsessed with Anya Hindmarch since I moved to London! I just got my first bag of hers for my (upcoming) birthday. Cannot believe she is designing for Target - I will totally have my mom make some purchases. Thanks for the heads-up!